Action makes more fortune than caution |
Action makes more fortune than caution |
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward. |
Few maxims are true in every respect |
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization. |
It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him |
Men's maxims reveal their characters. |
Necessity delivers us from the embarrassment of choice |
Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses |
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. |
Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves. |
Patience is the art of hoping. |
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. |
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. |
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. |